Electricity-based plastics and their potential demand for electricity and carbon dioxide

The Current Situation and Perspectives of Electricity Demand and Estimation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Efficiency

This article presents a current and future energy situation in Libya. The electric power efficiency and operating hours in power plants are evaluated from 2005 to 2010. Carbon dioxide emissions in most of power plants are estimated. In 2005, the efficiency of steam power plants achieved a range of 20% to 28%. While, the gas turbine power plants efficiency ranged between 9% and 25%, this can be ...

Demand Forecasting for Electricity

Introduction Forecasting demand is both a science and an art. Econometric methods of forecasting, in the context of energy demand forecasting, can be described as ‘the science and art of specification, estimation, testing and evaluation of models of economic processes’ that drive the demand for fuels. The need and relevance of forecasting demand for an electric utility has become a much-discuss...

Flexible Demand for Electricity and Power

Price Reform and Household Demand for Electricity

This paper estimates a model of residential electricity demand to project the impact of proposed tariff changes on a representative sample of 130 Barbadian households. The results from the demand function suggest that the price elasticities of demand for particular appliances varied significantly, with households that utilize solar water heating being more price elastic than households that use...

Household Electricity Demand, Revisited

Recent efforts to restructure electricity markets have renewed interest in assessing how consumers respond to price changes. This paper develops a model for evaluating the effects of alternative tariff designs on residential electricity use. The model concurrently addresses several inter-related difficulties posed by nonlinear pricing, heterogeneity in consumer price sensitivity, and consumptio...